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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 23, 1978
Page
6
Cedar Rapids police will inspect homes on request to assess burglary risk under the new Operation Home Guard. Chief Gar Eth Clift says residents gain advice on deterring entry and officers and citizens will meet. inspections arranged via the Crime Prevention Bureau at 398 5252 during weekday hours.
A 12 minute training video from the Crime Prevention Bureau aims to prevent crime before it occurs. Informational packets at inspection sites feature brochures from Weiser Locks Company and Rohm and Haas. Goodyear Bicycle safety sheets and Cedar Rapids Police leaflets also accompany the materials.
A 7 week old Sheltie mix has had its first distemper shot and warming and is offered for 20 dollars at the Humane Society shelter on Mount Vernon Road SE. The shelter operates 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. weekdays and 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturdays.
Bids due Sept 6 for a $90,500 Edgewood Road NW paving project on the southbound side from Morris Avenue to 1600 feet north. Work likely starts mid September and ends mid October. Additional street overlays on Third Avenue SW and First Avenue East begin soon. Local school board race features Geraldine Loupee proposing program cuts to avoid closures amid enrollment decline and inflation. Incumbent Weinhardt and Loretta Herber also running. Election Sept 12. A Cedar Rapids man, 27, was charged with impersonating a public official. two others faced intoxication and assault charges, and burglary arrest.
Former Cedar Rapids resident Glenn McClintic, a 46 year old convicted felon with a 20 year federal term, was arrested in Palmer Massachusetts after FBI agents traced him through a handball game at a YMCA. He faces a bond jumping charge and possible additional prison time, with a September 1 transfer hearing set in Iowa. A civil forfeiture suit seeks the 20000 corporate bond posted during his appeal.
The Sales Management survey shows Linn County metropolitan area's effective buying income reaching 1.039 billion dollars in 1977, up about 10 percent. Cedar Rapids totals 730.9 million with 9 percent growth, while metro per household income hits 17,945 and Cedar Rapids 19,083. Median household income for the metro area is 17,164, Cedar Rapids 18,166. Cedar Rapids ranking 53rd nationwide for median income. Retail sales for 1977 total 714.255 million in the metro area, 611.59 million in Cedar Rapids, and 53.45 million in Marion, with year over year gains.
IDOT commission approved final design plans for the I 380 segment from 42nd Street NE to Emmons Street in Hiawatha. A detour at Emmons Street will be built during construction, with a noise study planned as residents raised concerns. Right of way purchases are expected to begin late this year.
A Parade magazine feature reports that several radical lawyers, once vocal against established power, are now integrating into the legal system. The piece outlines their motivations and the shifts in their activism, highlighting names and contexts from the Sunday read.
A Linn District Court trial opens over alleged thefts at Harnischfeger Corp. by Norma Keifer and Kenneth Long. Harnischfeger seeks 5 000 actual and 15 000 punitive damages, aiming to set a precedent that industrial theft warrants substantive penalties. Keifer testified she failed to identify Long in thefts and contradicted police reports.
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